Lilian Margaret Parry (born 9 July 1949), professionally known as Lill Roughley, is an English former actress who appeared on British television from the 1970s. Her notable roles include Alice in the first series of Mulberry and as Ella Dawkins in My Hero. In the 1980s and 1990s, she often worked with Victoria Wood, playing a variety of roles in Wood's various comedy programmes for the BBC.
Roughley was born in Prescot, Lancashire on 9 July 1949. She had minor roles in the 1970s and 1980s in programmes including All the Fun of the Fair, Tales of the Unexpected, ', Bergerac and Inspector Morse. She worked with Victoria Wood again in 1989, appearing in four of her six comedy plays for television and again in 1992's Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast. Also in 1992 she played Alice in the first series of Mulberry. In the following years Roughley appeared in Minder, A Touch of Frost, the film Brassed Off, Joint Account, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, Dinnerladies (a further collaboration with Victoria Wood) and Absolutely Fabulous (in the 2001 episode of the series, called "Small Opening", as the "actress" portraying Edina in the play written by Saffron, based on her own life). Roughley played Lorraine Thomson in one episode of Coronation Street, which aired on 17 May 1996. Her final television role was in 2002, in Heartbeat.
Roughley played Pamela Baverstock in the BBC Radio 4 sitcom Getting Nowhere Fast from 2001 until 2004. She played Ella Dawkins in the sitcom My Hero, from 2000 until 2006. She also played the sexually voracious landlady, Mrs Best, in another BBC Radio 4 sitcom, Hut 33 from 2007 until 2009.